Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 186 / Tuesday, September 26, 2006 / Notices 56187 

Space Flight Center, Mail Code 140.1, 

Greenbelt, MD 20771–0001; telephone 

(301) 286–7351; fax (301) 286–9502. 

NASA Case No. GSC–14480–2: Gear 

Bearings; 

NASA Case No. GSC–15027–1: 

Interferometric Polarization Control; 

NASA Case No. GSC–14979–1: Modular 

Gear Bearings; 

NASA Case No. GSC–15038–1: System 

and Method of Self-Properties for An 

Autonomous and Automatic 

Computer Environment. 

Dated: September 19, 2006. 

Keith T. Sefton, 

Deputy General Counsel, Administration and 

Management. 

[FR Doc. E6–15686 Filed 9–25–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7510–13–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice (06–071)] 

Government-Owned Inventions 

Available for Licensing 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

iInventions for licensing. 

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below 

assigned to the National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration, have been 

filed in the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, and are available for 

licensing. 

DATES: September 26, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent 

N. Stone, Patent Counsel, Glenn 

Research Center at Lewis Field, Code 

500–118, Cleveland, OH 44135; 

telephone (216) 433–8855; fax (216) 

433–6790. 

NASA Case No. LEW–17345–2: 

Temporal Laser Pulse Manipulation 

Using Multiple Optical Ring Cavities; 

NASA Case No. LEW–17786–1: FullyPremixed Low-Emissions HighPressure Multi-Fuel Burner; 

NASA Case No. LEW–17826–1: Method 

and System for Fiber Optic 

Determination of Nitrogen and 

Oxygen Concentrations in Ullage of 

Liquid Fuel Tanks; 

NASA Case No. LEW–17814–1: MultiWavelength Time-Coincident Optical 

Communications System; 

NASA Case No. LEW–17859–1: 

Miniaturized Metal (Metal Alloy)/ 

PdOx/SiC Schottky Diode Gas Sensors 

for Hydrogen and Hydrocarbons 

Detection at High Temperatures. 

Dated: September 19, 2006. 

Keith T. Sefton, 

Deputy General Counsel, Administration and 

Management. 

[FR Doc. E6–15688 Filed 9–25–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7510–13–P 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

[Notice (06–072)] 

Government-Owned Inventions 

Available for Licensing 

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

inventions for licensing. 

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below 

assigned to the National Aeronautics 

and Space Administration, have been 

filed in the United States Patent and 

Trademark Office, and are available for 

licensing. 

DATES: September 26, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert M. Padilla, Patent Counsel, Ames 

Research Center, Code 202A–4, Moffett 

Field, CA 94035–1000; telephone (650) 

604–5104; fax (650) 604–2767. 

NASA Case No. ARC–14743–3: 

Compensation for Thermal Expansion 

Differences and Thermal Shock 

Effects in a Thermal Protection 

System; 

NASA Case No. ARC–15566–2: Coated 

or Doped Carbon Nanotube Network 

Sensors as Affected by Environmental 

Parameters And Elapsed Time; 

NASA Case No. ARC–15684–1: 

Interactive Inventory Monitoring; 

NASA Case No. ARC–15792–1: Control 

of Diameter and Chirality of 

Nanostructures; 

NASA Case No. ARC–15820–1: Resistive 

Switching Memory Element Using a 

Phase Change Nanomaterial; 

NASA Case No. ARC–15314–2: Carbon 

Nanotube Growth Density Control. 

Dated: September 19, 2006. 

Keith T. Sefton, 

Deputy General Counsel, Administration and 

Management. 

[FR Doc. E6–15689 Filed 9–25–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7510–13–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. 52–011] 

Southern Nuclear Operating Company; 

Notice of Acceptance for Docketing of 

Application for Early Site Permit (ESP) 

for the Vogtle ESP Site 

On August 15, 2006, the Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission (NRC, the 

Commission) received an application 

from Southern Nuclear Operating 

Company, dated August 14, 2006, filed 

pursuant to section 103 of the Atomic 

Energy Act and 10 CFR part 52, for an 

early site permit (ESP) for a location in 

eastern Georgia (near Waynesboro, 

Georgia) identified as the Vogtle ESP 

site. A notice of receipt and availability 

of this application was previously 

published in the Federal Register (71 

FR 51222: August 29, 2006). The 

applicant supplemented the application 

by letters dated September 6 (two 

letters), 2006, and September 13, 2006. 

An applicant may seek an ESP in 

accordance with Subpart A of 10 CFR 

Part 52 separate from the filing of an 

application for a construction permit 

(CP) or combined license (COL) for a 

nuclear power facility. The ESP process 

allows resolution of issues relating to 

siting. At any time during the duration 

of an ESP (up to 20 years), the permit 

holder may reference the permit in a CP 

or COL application. 

The NRC staff has determined that 

Southern Nuclear Operating Company 

has submitted information in 

accordance with 10 CFR Parts 2 and 52 

that is sufficiently complete and 

acceptable for docketing. The Docket 

No. established for this application is 

52–011. The NRC staff will perform a 

detailed technical review of the 

application, and docketing of the ESP 

application does not preclude the NRC 

from requesting additional information 

from the applicant as the review 

proceeds, nor does it predict whether 

the Commission will grant or deny the 

application. The Commission will 

conduct a hearing in accordance with 10 

CFR 52.21 and will receive a report on 

the application from the Advisory 

Committee on Reactor Safeguards in 

accordance with 10 CFR 52.23. If the 

Commission then finds that the 

application meets the applicable 

standards of the Atomic Energy Act and 

the Commission’s regulations, and that 

required notifications to other agencies 

and bodies have been made, the 

Commission will issue an ESP, in the 

form and containing conditions and 

limitations that the Commission finds 

appropriate and necessary. 


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In accordance with 10 CFR Part 51, 

the Commission will also prepare an 

environmental impact statement for the 

proposed action. Pursuant to 10 CFR 

51.26, and as part of the environmental 

scoping process, the staff intends to 

hold a public scoping meeting. Detailed 

information regarding this meeting will 

be included in a future Federal Register 

notice. 

Finally, the Commission will 

announce, in a future Federal Register 

notice, the opportunity to petition for 

leave to intervene in the hearing 

required for this application by 10 CFR 

52.21. 

A copy of the Southern Nuclear 

Operating Company ESP application is 

available for public inspection at the 

Commission’s Public Document Room 

located at One White Flint North, 11555 

Rockville Pike (first floor), Rockville, 

Maryland, and at the Burke County 

Library in Waynesboro, Georgia. It is 

also accessible electronically from the 

Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System (ADAMS) Public 

Electronic Reading Room on the Internet 

at the NRC Web site, http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html 

(ADAMS Accession No. ML062290246). 

Persons who do not have access to 

ADAMS, or who encounter problems in 

accessing the documents located in 

ADAMS, should contact the NRC Public 

Document Room staff by telephone at 1–

800–397–4209, 301–415–4737 or by email to pdr@nrc.gov. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 19th day 

of September, 2006. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

David B. Matthews, 

Director, Division of New Reactor Licensing, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. 06–8221 Filed 9–25–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–250 and 50–251] 

Florida Power and Light Company; 

Turkey Point Nuclear Plant, Unit Nos. 

3 and 4 Environmental Assessment 

and Finding of No Significant Impact 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is considering 

issuance of an exemption from Title 10 

of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 

CFR) part 50, Appendix R, Subsection 

III.G.3, for Facility Operating License 

Nos. DPR–31 and DPR–41, issued to 

Florida Power and Light Company (the 

licensee), for operation of the Turkey 

Point Nuclear Plant, Units 3 and 4, 

respectively, located in Miami-Dade 

County, approximately 25 miles south 

of Miami, Florida. Therefore, as 

required by 10 CFR 51.21, the NRC is 

issuing this environmental assessment 

and finding of no significant impact. 

Environmental Assessment 

Identification of the Proposed Action 

The proposed action would exempt 

the licensee from the requirements of 10 

CFR part 50, Appendix R, Subsection 

III.G.3 for fixed suppression in the 

Mechanical Equipment Room and for 

detection and fixed suppression in the 

subsection of the Control Building that 

contains the Control Room Roof at the 

Turkey Point Nuclear Plant. 

The proposed action is in accordance 

with the licensee’s application dated 

December 27, 2004, as supplemented by 

letters dated May 23, 2005, January 13, 

2006, and July 12, 2006. 

The Need for the Proposed Action 

Fire protection features for assuring 

alternative or dedicated shutdown 

capability in the event of a fire are 

addressed in 10 CFR, part 50, Appendix 

R, Subsection III.G.3, which requires 

that fire detection and a fixed fire 

suppression system be installed in the 

area, room, or zone where equipment or 

components are relied on for the 

assured shutdown capability. 

The NRC approved the alternate 

shutdown capability proposed by the 

licensee for Turkey Point, Units 3 and 

4, for compliance with the requirements 

of III.G.3, in a safety evaluation dated 

April 16, 1984. The Control Room was 

one of the areas approved. However, the 

Mechanical Equipment Room and 

Control Room Roof, which are identified 

in the plant fire protection program 

report as part of the Control Room fire 

area, were not included. In February 

2004, during an NRC triennial fire 

inspection at Turkey Point, the 

inspection team reviewed fire protection 

systems, features, and equipment, and 

found that all fire zones supporting the 

alternate safe shutdown function for the 

Control Room do not provide fire 

detection and a fixed suppression 

system in accordance with the 

requirements of III.G.3, for both Turkey 

Point units. Specifically, the Mechanical 

Equipment Room does not have full area 

detection and fixed suppression. In 

response to this inspection finding, the 

licensee declared the detection and 

suppression inoperable for the 

Mechanical Equipment Room (and the 

Control Room Roof, which also fails to 

provide detection and fixed 

suppression) and established an hourly 

fire watch. The licensee proposed to 

install a fire detection system in the 

Mechanical Equipment Room and 

requested exemption from the 

requirements for fixed suppression in 

the Mechanical Equipment Room and 

for detection and fixed suppression on 

the Control Room Roof. The proposed 

action would restore system operability 

and eliminate the need to institute 

compensatory measures. 

Environmental Impacts of the Proposed 

Action 

The NRC has completed its safety 

evaluation of the proposed action and 

concludes that, based on the existing 

fire protection features, the proposed 

installation of new detection equipment 

in the Mechanical Equipment Room, 

low combustible loading, existing 

administrative controls for 

combustibles, and availability of nearby 

suppression equipment, there is 

reasonable assurance of adequate 

suppression capability in the affected 

fire zones. Also, in the event of a fireinduced failure of safety-related 

equipment resulting in a loss of Control 

Room heating, ventilation and air 

conditioning equipment, there is 

reasonable assurance that there would 

be adequate time to evacuate the Control 

Room, if necessary, and shut down the 

plant from the Alternate Shutdown 

Panel. Therefore, assurance of 

alternative or dedicated shutdown 

capability in the event of a fire is 

achieved. 

The proposed action is contingent 

upon installation of new area fire 

detection equipment in the Mechanical 

Equipment Room, maintaining existing 

or comparable separation and protection 

for redundant safe shutdown equipment 

on the Control Room Roof, the 

availability of manual fire fighting and 

associated fire fighting equipment, and 

maintaining existing or comparable 

administrative controls for 

combustibles. The details of the staff’s 

safety evaluation will be provided in the 

exemption that will be issued as part of 

the letter to the licensee approving the 

exemption to the regulation. 

The proposed action will not 

significantly increase the probability or 

consequences of accidents because the 

exemption is based on the existing fire 

barriers at Turkey Point, fire protection 

measures, availability of nearby 

suppression equipment, low 

combustible loading, existing 

administrative controls for 

combustibles, and installation of new 

fire detection equipment in the 

Mechanical Equipment Room. No new 

accident precursors are created by the 

proposed exemption and the 

consequences of postulated accidents 

are not increased. No changes are being 


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